Pune: Vardhan Group has invested ₹1 crore in BoostMyChild (BMC), an AI-driven technology platform, aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) and National Curriculum Framework (NCF) guidelines designed for Teachers and Parents for the holistic development of early year’s children (0 to 8 years).
Vardhan Group Chairman Nitin Jawalkar and BoostMyChild founder Vipul Joshi announced this pre-seed funding on July 5. BMC co-founder Amrita Joshi, Design Thinking expert Prof. Dr. Bhavana Ambudkar were present on the occasion.
A brainchild of Vipul Joshi, a software engineer from Pune, BoostMyChild was incorporated in October 2021 after four years of focused Research & Development.
The team comprises leading Child Psychologists, Pediatricians, Early Childhood Educators, and some of the brightest minds in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software Product Development.
BoostMyChild is registered under DPITT, MSME and also received fund of ₹20 lakh from Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) in May 2023.
BoostMyChild provides tailored learning experiences to meet the unique needs and interests of each child. It equips parents with a comprehensive tool to support their child's development and growth. It empowers teachers with tools and resources for effective classroom management and instructional delivery.
Parent-teacher collaboration is the most unique feature of BoostMyChild. It helps school teachers to create digital portfolios of each student with digital report cards. Parents can connect with teachers, discuss their child's progress, and seek guidance or clarification. This collaboration strengthens the home-school partnership, ensuring a unified approach to each child's holistic development.
The School Assessment Module (SAM) helps Teachers to assess their student’s holistic development using a simple and intuitive user interface using their Smartphones, Tablets, or PCs. BoostMyChild Mobile App allows parents to understand their child’s 360-degree development in 6 categories and 21 areas.
Using their propriety AI-driven Recommendations Engine the App weekly provides customized Parent-Child Activities, Worksheets & Parenting Guidelines specific to their child’s developmental needs.
The BMC app is available in various languages like English, Hindi, Marathi, and Assamese. 360 degree coverage with 6 categories and 21 areas conforming to NEP/NCF standards.
The BMC allows teachers to focus on personalized teaching multi-dimensional reports highly useful in PTM discussions branch/area wise collated data and analysis significantly reduce teacher’s time customized parent-child activities, age-specific activity, toolkits child-specific parenting guidelines and integration with existing school apps.